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Subject: Re: Prayer Coverings
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:25:33 -0700
References: <v03130309b5a2e11bef79@[209.142.19.124]>


Which group publishes the historical journal
with the title:

_Old Order Notes_ ?

Richard R. Weber

----- Original Message -----
From: James Shuman <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: Prayer Coverings


> At 10:33 pm -0700 7/24/00, Dora Smith wrote:
> >It's going to take me alot of study before I
> >understand what these Brethren sects are - but
> >can you please translate OGBB and OOGBB? And,
> >just so I'm straight, do the OOGBB really not use
> >electricity, or are you exaggerating?
> >
> >Yours,
> >Dora
> >
>
> OGBB = Old German Baptist Brethren. this is one of the three groups that
> resulted after the Divide of 1881-82. It was the most conservative of the
> three, and was referred to by the other two as "the old orders," because
> that was what their petitions had been to Annual Meeting for a good many
> years -- a return to the old order, ie, the old way of doing things.
>
> OOGBB = Old Order German Baptist Brethren. This group resulted as a
> separation from the OGBB denomination in 1921. So far as I know, they
still
> do not use electricity, and they still use horse and buggy transportation.
> There are fewer than 100 members, living mostly in the Covington, OH area.
>
> It is because I am a member of the OGBB, and have heard my denomination
> referred to as "old orders" by members of some of the other Brethren
groups
> most of my life, that I make it a point to help keep the record straight
> when I can.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> JS
>
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